Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1920-07-30
Day of Death
1998-07-27
Place of Birth
Cairo, Egypt
Farid Shawqy
Biography
Farid Muhammad Shawqi Abdo was born in Sheikha al-Bagghala in Sayyida Zainab district .. He obtained a diploma of the Institute of Applied Engineering and a diploma in the Institute of Acting and worked in small roles with the artist (Anwar Wagdy), then he began writing cinematic stories for his films and achieved stardom and became known as the King of the Tarso, the monster of the screen, the King . He wrote many film stories, and worked on stage in many of Rihani's plays, such as (Al-Daloua, The Story of Every Day), and he worked in Lebanese, Syrian and Turkish films, including (The Devil of the Bosphorus, Othman Al-Jabbar). And among the series he worked with, (Curmudgeon and Me, the only witness, Saber, Uncle Saber). He married artist Hoda Sultan and they separated in 1969, then he married Suheir Turk later on. He founded the Union of Artists in 1986. He won the State Prize for the story (They Made Me a Criminals) in 1955 and the Production Prize at the Berlin Festival in 1956 for the film (The Fatwa). He won the State Prize for Production in 1962, the Medal of Flag in 1964, and was honored by the Cairo Festival in 1994. He deservedly deserved the title of King of Tiers or King of Cinema, as he is the star who always renewed himself and got rid of stereotypes.
Filmography (322)
Like A Matchstick
2016
Chahine…Why?
2009
The Angry Ones
1996
The Fierce Man
1996
The Good, the Bad, and the Pretty
1994
إمبراطورية الجيارة
1994
A woman pays the price
1993
Why O pyramid
1993
La ya eunf
1993
Al lo'ba Al Qazera
1993
The Ship of Love and Torment
1993
Dilapidated Woman
1992
Ah and Ah From Sharbat
1992
دموع صاحبة الجلالة
1992
